The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-02-05
The CENTURY
for I886-87.

Tho Century is AN illustrated monthly
magazine, having a reguiar c,lcul ,ti,.n If
about two hundred Thousand copies, often
reaching and sometimes excre,limg two
hnnoied aud twenty live Thousand.
t.lir. among It's many Attractions for tho
coming Ncai is u serial which has been in
active preparation for sixteen Yeas 1t
is - hiIuip Of nur owl country in its
m"si critical time, as ST forth in
THE LIFE OF LINCOLN.
by HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES
JnllN @. NichLAY AND COL. JOHN NAY.
This great work. begun with the sane.
ton nf President Lincoln aud continued
under the authority nf his sou. the non.
Robert 7 Lincoln, * the oulv full and
authoritative record of the lille Of ALtn.
ham l.imenn. lis authors were friends
Of Lincoln hrf,ro his presidency; they
we've most intimately ASS ,ci ueh with him
MS private seci etaries throughout his
term of office, and to them were trans.
lered upon Lincnlm's death all his univ.
ate papers. Here will br told the
inside history of the civil war aud of Pes.
idemt Lincoln's administration. -impor.
tant details nf which have hitherto re.
manned unrevcaed, that the, might first
appear in this authentic history. by Tea.
son Of the publication Of this work.
THE WAR SERIES,
which has been followed with unillrpitr-
interest by u great audience. will uceupy
less space during the GINNING year. Gel
tysburg will he described by Gen. Hunt
(Chief of tie Uninn Artillery. Gen.
Longstrert, Gen. E. NJ. Law, and others,
Chickamagua, 10y Gen. ID. H. Hill Sher.
mans March la the sen. by Generals
Howard and SlOcum. Generals Q. A,
Gilmore. VIM. +. Smith, John GiLbon.
Horace Porter, and John s. M0sby will
describe special battles aud inridents.
Stories OF naval engagements. prison life,
etc, etc, wllappear.
NOVELS AND STORIES.
"The lIundrcdth Man." novel by
Frank II. Stockton, author Of "ilie Lady
or the Tiger" cic.. begins ~ November.
Two novclcttes by George W. Gable,
stories by Mary llollock Fooic, Uncle
Remus," Julian Hawthorne, Edward
Egglt sion, aud other prominent Amer
lean authors VIII be printed during the
year.
SPECIAL FEATURES
with illu.tratiuns) include Il series IT
articles on affairs in Russia nnd Siberia;
by George Kenuan, author If Feat Life
Siberia. " who has gust returned from
most eventlul visit to Siberian prisons
papers on the + nd Question, with ref
erence to it, bearing on thcsL ,bor Prop
lens; English Cathedrals. DR.. Egglcstun"
Religious Life in the American Colonies,
Men and Women Of Queen Anne's Reign;
by Mrs. Oliphant; Claryoyancc, Spirit,
ualism. Astrology, etc, by the Rev. j.
NJ. Buckley, ID. D., editor of the Christ
ian Adrocdte; Astronomical papers; articles
throwing light on the Bible history, etc.
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